[Grammar] The tournament has started/has been started?

[Aamir Tariq]

When we talk about a tournament. Is it used intransitively or transitively?

The tournament has started.

or

The tournament has been started.

Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen

 

[Raymott]

Using the passive simply indicates that someone (or something) has started it. Since this is fairly obvious, the active mood is sufficient (sentence 1).

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Using the passive simply indicates that someone (or something) has started it. Since this is fairly obvious, the active mood is sufficient (sentence 1).

You mean option one is correct?

 

[Raymott]

Yes